Official: Porsche Mission S previews new flagship supercar
Aerodynamic efficiency has also been a clear focus, reflecting Porsche’s motorsport heritage, and includes a rear wing that retracts when not required.
The Mission S has some new design cues too, such as the narrow split rear light elements. But there are numerous callbacks to older models, including the ‘telephone dial’ wheels that echo those of the 928.
Inside, the Mission S features a stripped-back driver-focused design, which is inspired by the 550 Spyder and the 356. It also has an analogue rev counter as one of five round instruments behind the steering wheel, with a number of physical controls and displays. Notably, the position of the round instruments alters depending on the drive mode selected.
There is no central touchscreen display, but a smartphone can be attached to a retractable magsafe attachment. Other unusual design elements include the seatbelt buckle attaching to the centre console.
Even the paint of the Mission S show car reflects Porsche’s motorsport heritage, with specially developed shades of white, and black chrome.
Technology
The production version of the Mission S is still in the early phases of development as Porsche works on the platform that will underpin it. But the firm has given clear hints at the direction it will take.
The Mission S will sit on “a highly flexible platform” that is based on existing Porsche technology. Leiters said the company is working on this internally, rather than taking the mid-engined architecture of sibling brand Lamborghini, which was also used as the basis for the Audi Nuvolari.
Unlike the Mission X electric hypercar concept, the new Mission S will be purely combustion-powered. “We will listen to the customer,” said Leiters. “We have the flexibility in the platform to do full internal combustion, hybrid and also plug-in hybrid. There won’t be an EV on that platform because there is no demand in the segment for EV yet.”
Porsche is reinvesting in combustion powertrains, having moved away from its plan to go electric-only. In the medium term, it expects to offer a roughly 2:1 mix of combustion to EV models in its line-up. But at the higher end, where EV demand is slower, ICE cars will dominate.
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